What are the types of equity?

Five types of equity include: state-owned shares, public shares, legal person shares, employee shares and foreign-funded shares. State-owned shares are shares held by the state or local government. Social public shares, that is, the number of public shares accounts for the majority of the total share capital. Legal person shares are joint-stock companies mainly held by enterprises as legal persons or individuals, and they are common types of private enterprises. Employee stock means that most of the shares of the company are distributed in the hands of employees, such as Huawei, which is rare in A shares.

(1) Self-interest right and * * * interest right

This is the classification of equity according to the different purposes of equity precedent, that is, the self-interest right is a right exercised specifically for shareholders' own interests, such as the right to claim dividends and dividend distribution, the right to claim the distribution of surplus property, and the right to purchase new shares first. * * * Beneficial right is a right exercised for the benefit of shareholders and also for the benefit of the company, such as the right to vote, the right to request a general meeting of shareholders, the right to request the resolution of the general meeting of shareholders to be invalid, and the right to consult the account books.

(2) the rights of individual minority shareholders

This is classified according to whether the exercise of equity reaches a certain number of shares, that is, the single shareholder right is a right that a shareholder can exercise, and the general shareholder right belongs to this right; Minority shareholders' rights refer to the rights that cannot be exercised without reaching a certain number of shares. For example, according to Article 104 of the Company Law, the right to call an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders must be exercised by shareholders holding more than 10% of the shares of the company. The right of minority shareholders is a system set up by the company law to remedy the abuse of the majority rule, that is, to prevent large shareholders from infringing on minority shareholders by neglecting to exercise or abuse their rights, which is helpful to protect minority shareholders.

(III) Rights of ordinary special shareholders

This is classified according to the particularity of the equity subject, that is, the former is the right enjoyed by ordinary shareholders; The latter is the right enjoyed by special shareholders, such as the rights enjoyed by preferred shareholders. Article 72 of the company law stipulates; Shareholders of a limited liability company may transfer all or part of their shares to each other.

Shareholders' transfer of equity to persons other than shareholders shall be approved by more than half of other shareholders. Shareholders shall notify other shareholders in writing to agree to the transfer of their shares. If other shareholders fail to reply within 30 days from the date of receiving the written notice, they shall be deemed to have agreed to the transfer. If more than half of the other shareholders do not agree to the transfer, the shareholders who do not agree shall purchase the transferred equity; Do not buy, as agreed to transfer. Under the same conditions, other shareholders have the priority to purchase the equity transferred with the consent of shareholders. If two or more shareholders claim to exercise the preemptive right, their respective purchase proportions shall be determined through consultation; If negotiation fails, the preemptive right shall be exercised in accordance with their respective investment proportions at the time of transfer.